Device for catching flies



Patented May '3, 1888.

(NoMoael.)

S; R. & P.- A. WILM'OT. DEV1GB'P0R CATGHING PLIES. No. 382,580.

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UNITED STATES SAMUEL R. VVILMO'Iy AND F. ASHLEY. VILMOT,

' CONNECTICUT.

)PATENT e OFFICE. l'

`or BRIDGEPORT,

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,580, lated May 8, 1888.

Application lil-ed February 20, 18.88. Serial No. 264,596. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL n. WinnerI art to which'it appertains to make and use the same.

Cnr invention has for its object to provide an inexpensive and convenient device for catching flies and other insects. Theessential requirements in a device of this class are that it shall be so constructed as to be readily prepared for use, convenient and effective in operation, and, furthermore, that when aY plete and ready for use; Fig. 2, a section, the

paper being removed and the parts of the frame swung apart; and Fig. 3 is a viewof a roll of paper, illustrating the manner in .which we preferably prepare it for use in our improved device. v

1 denotes the parts of the frame,which are preferably hinged together in any suitable manner, as at 2. The frame may be made in any preferredshape, but is preferably made square, so that the perforatedsticky paper o r other open-work material by which the insects are caught may be readily fitted in place from the roll. One or both parts of the frame are usually provided with handles 3, for convenience in use, and the parts may be secured together in any suitable manneras,

' for-example, by a catch, 4, which we have shown as pivoted to one of the parts of a double handle.

5 denotes cross-pieces, any number of which may be used, depending, of course, upon the 5o size of the frame, to assist in supporting the sticky material. ,v

6 denotes open-work material, covered preferably on both sides with some kind of viscid compound. Thespeeial compound used forms 5 5v no portion of our invention. Ordinary fly-v lpaper covered on one ory both sides with a sticky substance will answer the purpose perfectly.

We have found in practice that the best ma- 6o terial to place between the partsof the frame is paper `made sticky on both sides and provided with perforations 7, to permit free passage of the air, it being,of course, desirable to make the perforations as large as possible to permit free passage of the air, but at the same time not so large as to allow insects to pass through. If preferred,a net-workof textile material coated on both sides with a sticky substance may be used instead of paper. As 7c already stated, however, we preferably use perforated paper, which we prepare in rolls, as shown in Fig. 3. In practice the paper is preferably made just thel width of the frame.

To prepare the device -for use, the frame is opened and the end of a piece of paper is stuck to one edge of the frame on the inner side.

The paper is then unrolled across it, theframe closed together, and the paper cut off just outside of the frame. this special manner of using the device at length, as we have in practice found it to be the'most convenient, it being absolutelyr essential that the sticky open-work material used between the parts of the frame shall be furnished in such shape that pieces may be removed and inserted with but an instants delay, so that the device is practically always ready for use.

It should be noted that by employing a two- 9o part frame having cross-pieces on both sides all danger of soiling a table-cloth or other article is avoided. The device may in fact be hung or laid anywhere with perfect safety.

1laving thus described our invention, ywe 95 c aim-s- We have described 8o A device for catching flies and other in- In testimony whereof we ax our signatures sects, consisting of a. two-part frame the parts in presence of two witnesses. of which are fitted to 'fold over upon them- SAMUEL R. WILMOT. selves and are provided with cross-pieces, and F. ASHLEY WILMOT. 5 having between the partis thereof a piece of TWitnesses:

open -Work material covered with suitable A. M. WOOSTER,

sticky substance. BENTRA E. LEE. 

